AfriGeneas Free Persons of Color Forum

> The only place I have found where it mentions that Barnet Redman married
> Solomon Bruce's wife "Nellie" is in: M. Bransom and W.A. Davison.
> "Early African American Life in Waynesburg Greene County, Pennsylvania".
> Indiana, PA: A.G. Halldin Publishing Co., Inc. 2002, pg. 29
> Note that Bransom and Davison say Barnet Redman married Solomon Bruce's wife.
> And they state that Solomon Bruce was married to Eleanor "Ellen or Nellie" Lett
> when he moved from Hardy to Greene Co.

Well then, I respectfully disagree with them

> It's looking to me like there were two Nellie,
> one the wife of Solomon Bruce and one the wife of Barnet Redman.

No I don't think so ... as I said before my interpretation
is that there are 2 different Solomon BRUCE.

If you look at Andrew's obituary again, you will see that it mentioned
"Mrs. Joseph WORKMAN are half-brothers & sisters of the deceased."

Here is Catherine's obituary ...

1932/02 Obituary in the `Democrat Messenger':
"Catherine (REDMAN) WORKMAN @92 widow of James WORKMAN, died today at 4:45pm
in her home, West Elm Street. Mrs. WORKMAN was the daughter of Barney & Nellie REDMAN
of PA,Uniontown but she spent most of her life in PA,Greene-Co,Waynesburg.
She is survived by 1 daughter, Nellie, at home & 3 grandchildren:
Fred BIGGS of PA,Waynesburg &
Ida McDONALD of PA,Waynesburg &
John McDONALD of PA,Pittsburgh.
Funeral services will be held from the 'Hoge & Garrison Funeral Home', Thursday at 2pm.
The Rev. G. B. DUFF of the Bethel AME Church will be in charge.
Interment will be in the Greenmount-Cemetery".

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> mentioned that an Andrew Jackson Bruce's death certificate says his mother's name was Nellie.
> Can you tell me where this death certificate is filed? I'd love to obtain a copy of it for my files.

I found this info quite a number of years ago & my method of recording things has improved since then.
My notes show that back then I wrote: